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NON-FREEZING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 12, 1913. I

1,079,982, Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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PAUL HARDY, OF WALNUT SPRINGS, TEXAS, ASSIGNO R O'F ONE-HALF OF WALNUT SPRINGS, TEXAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that 1, PAUL Himmya citi-' Zen of the United States, residing. at Walnut.

tier-Supply Systems, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful non-freezing water supply system, and its object is to provide a means for. draining the pipes of a water supply system comprising a pump adapted todischarge into an elevated tank and having its inlet communicating with a pipe leading lIltO a well, and

one or more water distribution pipes hay-Q ing communication with a supply pipe leading from the elevated tank.

The object of my invention more specifically stated is to provide a pipe establishing communication just below the surface of the ground between a pipe leading into a cased well and a supply pipe leading from an elevated tank, to which tank water may be pumped from said well, and to provide within the well casing a valve interposed in said connecting pipe which when opened will drain all the pipes of the system.

Finally the object of my invention is. to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, simple and ellicient and comparatively inexpensive to construct and also one the various parts of which will not be likely to get out of working order.

With these and various other objects in view, my invention has relation to certain novel features of the construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my entire system, that part of the system which is underground being sectionally shown. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken upon the line XX of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a drain valve which is embodied in my system. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same.

Referring now more particularly to, the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures, the numeral 1 denotes a pump stand mounted Specification of Letters Patent.

TO J. A. EDGE,

NON-FREEZING WATER-SUPPLY Patented Dec.'2, 1913.

Application filed June 12, 1913. SerialNo. 773,193.

upon a platform 2 above an incased well, the

casing of which is indicated at 3. The

.pump 1 is adapted to receive .a supply of water throughn pipe 4 centrally disposed Wltl11l1 the casing 3 and spaced from the wall thereof. The pump 1 may discharge either through a spout 4 or into a pipe 5 adapted to discharge into an elevated tank. With the bottom of the tank 6 there communicates a vertical water supply pipe 7 in which is interposed acut-o-ff valvey9 just below the tank. At its lower extremity the pipe 7 has communication with one or more water distribution pipes 8 which will conduct the water to the point of use. A shortdistance below the surface of the ground com1nunication is established through a pipe 10 between the lower extremity of the pipe 7 and the pipe 4, said pipe 10 being passed through the well casing 3. Within the well casing and closely adjacent to the pipe 4, a valve 11 is interposed in the pipe 10. The rotary member of the valve 11 is ofan inverted frusto-conical form as indicated at 13, and is formed with a transverse passage way 14 in its middle portion. In the lower portion of the member 13, there is formed a centrally disposed vertical passage 16 communicating at its upper end with the passage 14 and opening at its lower end in the lower face of the member 13. When the member 13 occupies the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the passage 14 is alined with a passage 15 in the valve casing 11, so that any water occupying the pipes 7, 8, 10, 5 or the pump 1 will be drained from the same escaping through the passage 16 into the well casing. The member 13 will fit snugly within the casing 11 so that when the member 13 is turned through 90 degrees from the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the extremities of the-passage 14 will abut against the interior wall of the casing 11 and there will be no leakage or flow of water through the valve.

Upon the upper end of the valve member 13 thereis integrally formed a rectangular shank 17 upon which is fitted one extremity of a horizontal arm 18. .To the other extremity of the arm 18 there is pivotally connected one end ofa rod 19, the other end of which rod has pivotal connection with an arm 20 integrally formed upon the lower extremity of a vertical rod 21 projecting upward through the well casing and through the platform 2 and provided just above the platform 2 with a handwheel 23 by which it may be turned. From the above description it is apparent that whenthe rod 21 is turned, the angular displacement to which it is subjected will be transmitted through the rod 19 and the arms 20 and 18 t0 the rotary valve member 13. The rod 21 may be supported for rotation in bracke ts 22 secured to the interior face of the casing 3.

The valve 11 need not be opened except in cold weather when there is a possibility that any water in the pipes of the system may freeze and it is therefore necessary to drain said pipes.

The invention is presented as including all such modifications and changes as prop erly come within the scope of the following claim.

What I claim. is:

Ina device of the character described, the combination with a pump, of a pipe comtribution pipe and the pipe leading into the well, a valve interposed in the pipe last specified and disposed within the well casing, and a manually operated mechanism for actuating said valve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL HARDY.

Witnesses J. L. BIRD, D. C. Morris.

Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

